Strengthening early childhood educators' capacity to improve child outcomes: Development and evaluation of the Positive Early Childhood Education (PECE) program

This program of research involves the development and evaluation of a new program designed to enhance the skills and capacities of early childhood educators to promote young children’s prosocial behaviour and reduce problem behaviour. The aims of the research are:

Apply the principles of social learning, applied behaviour analysis and self-regulatory theory to the development of a program for early childhood education and care settings.